Aug. 18, 2014 in Sports
Jerome Williams took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, Andres Blanco hit his first homer in three years, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Seattle 4-1 in an interleague game Monday.

Aug. 18, 2014 in Sports
PULLMAN – Washington State made an organizational change to its linebacking corps, one that will not change the way the Cougar defense looks this season, but one that coaches hope …

Aug. 18, 2014 in City, Region
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon state regulators have rejected a proposal for a coal terminal on the Columbia River that would be a conduit for exporting millions of tons of …
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Aug. 18, 2014 in Nation/World
Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010 and 2012, a huge spike in the continent’s death rate of the world’s largest mammals because of an increased demand …

Aug. 18, 2014 in Business, Region
A typical Avista customer in Washington would pay $2.10 more for electricity and $3.62 more for natural gas each month starting Jan. 1, 2015, under a negotiated rate settlement announced …
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Aug. 18, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A1
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is facing potential rifts with members of his own party in tough re-election contests as he barrels toward a fall fight with Republicans over his …

Aug. 18, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A2
CHICAGO – An Orthodox Jew whose religious traditions suggest that the deceased should be buried whole in preparation for the afterlife is suing Skokie (Illinois) Hospital for cremating his amputated …

Aug. 18, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A3
IRBIL, Iraq – Kurdish Iraqi fighters were reported to have taken back much of a strategic dam in northern Iraq on Sunday as the United States stepped up its bombardment …

Aug. 18, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A3
KIEV, Ukraine – Army troops have penetrated deep inside a rebel-controlled city in eastern Ukraine in what could prove a breakthrough development in the four-month-long conflict, the Ukrainian government said …

Aug. 18, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A3
Two Union Pacific train crew members were killed and two others were injured when two freight trains collided head-on in northeast Arkansas early Sunday, Arkansas State Police said. The collision …

Aug. 18, 2014 in Nation/World on Page A3
PORTLAND, Maine – The tallest lighthouse in New England will likely soon have a new owner. The federal government on Sunday closed out an auction for Boon Island Light Station, …

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SEATTLE – The first thing Norm Stamper thought when he saw images of the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following the police shooting of an unarmed black man was straight out …